Novel Organic Electron Injectors for the Enhancement of Lifetime, Efficiency and Reduction in Operating Voltage in OLEDs

Both PM-OLEDs and AM-OLEDs are now in production. However, manufacturers are still concerned about life-time, voltage drift, operating voltage and efficiency in order to develop larger displays. Most material suppliers seem to be focussing on emitters and the benefits of introducing suitable charge transporters have been largely unexplored. OLED-T has developed a novel organic electron injector (Trade Name: EI-101) which evaporates at a very low temperature of $300^{\circ}C$ as opposed to the conventional LiF which requires $580^{\circ}C$. EI-101 has been found to increase the lifetime by up to 12%, reduce the voltage drift by up to 61% and increase the efficiency by up to 15%. The material can be handled in air and in situ Q-mass spectroscopy on extended thermal evaporation has confirmed its high stability for use in mass production.